Improvement in bird-cages



A. B. HENDRYX.

Bird-Cage.

Patented Jan. 2l,v 1879.

NPETERS. PHOT0-L1THOGRA`FHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

ANDREW B. HENDRYX, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEM ENT IN Bl RD-CAG ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,511, dated January21, 1879 application iiled December 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW B. HENDRYX, of Ansonia, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inBird-Cages; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a plan view; Fig. 2, a view from the outside; Fig. 3, a sideview; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the hook detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in hooks for securing thebottom to bird-cages, so that it may be easily removed or as easilyreplaced; and it consists in the construction of the hook, ashereinafter described, and more particularly recitedA in the claim.

A'represents the projecting portion of the pan or bottom; B, the base ofthe frame, to which the vertical wires a. a are attached at the lowerend.

The hook is made from a single piece of wire and bent, leaving thecenter portion, b, straight, and so as to form the pintle of the hinge,and is secured to the base A by ears d, or otherwise, but so as to turnfreely.

From the hinging-points the wire turns up nearly vertical, as at ethence inward, as at f, the parts crossing each other then againvertical, as at g,- thence turned inward, as at h, Fig. l, the two partssubstantially parallel to each other; then each returned, as at z',expanding to a width at l greater than the distance between the wires;thence turned toward each other and outward to .form handles n, thehandles being free to be moved toward each other, as indicated in brokenlines, Fig. 1, the bending of the wire at the point m giving therequisite spring to enable the points Z l to be brought toward eachother, so as to pass between the wires, and then expand, as shown.

The expanding or projecting portions l l cause an interlocking with thewires, as shown, so that the accidental displacement of the hook isimpossible.

To engage the bottom with the body of the cage, it is only necessary toarrange it in position and force the spring-hooks through between thewires to interlock, as before described; aud to remove the bottom,simply compress the handles n n together and withdraw the hooks frombetween the wires.

The engagement of the bottom with the body of the cage may be made byarranging the hooks at opposite points, or the stationary hooks may beapplied at one point and the spring-hooks opposite.

While it is preferable to make the iirst bends, f and g, as described,inasmuch as it adds materially to the elasticity of the hook, thosebends may be dispensed with, retaining only the inward projections 7L h,expanding portions l l, and handles n fn, together with the hinging-bar.

I claim- The herein-described hook or fastening for a bird-cage bottom,made from a single piece of wire hinged-to the bottom, turned inward,and re-turned outward, expanding to form the projections Z l, thencecontracted and extended outward to forni the handles n n, substautiall yas described.

l ANDREW B. HENDRYX.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. LATHAM, J. LA F. KING.

